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Describe the conquest of the "New World" by the Spanish conquistador Cortéz and the consequences for the respective indigenous peoples of the Americas. The focus should not be on individual events, but on the structural (and cultural) processes.​

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The Americas were referred to as "the New World" by Europeans. However, this was not the case with the millions of Native Americans they met. It has been more than 10,000 years since our ancestors arrived in the Americas from Asia. There are dozens of different civilizations that they have spawned thanks to their dynamic and diversified linguistic and dialectal repertoires. In addition to establishing permanent settlements and adhering to seasonal movement patterns, Native Americans forged alliances with their neighbors, waged war, and built-up self-sufficient economies and extensive trading networks.

They developed their own individual styles of art and spirituality. Communities are held together through kinship relationships. It is true that the arrival of Europeans, as well as the ensuing global exchange of people and other living things—what scholars benignly refer to as the Columbian Exchange—brought an end to more than 10,000 years of geographical separation, ushered in several centuries of war, and ushered in a period of unprecedented biological terror for the planet. As the first chapter in the long American yawp, it was a pivotal moment in human history.

The history of the United States may be traced back to the first two American settlers. The question is, where do their tales begin? Throughout the ages, Native Americans have handed down legends about their origins and the religious beliefs of their people. For example, the Salinan people of modern-day California claim that a bald eagle fashioned the first man and woman from clay and a feather, respectively. When Sky Woman dropped into the sea and landed on a turtle's back, the Lenape believed that Turtle Island, or North America, was created. Choctaw legend places the origins of southeastern peoples in the Nunih Way earthwork on the lower Mississippi River. They trace their origins back to the Seven Caves, where their forefathers arose before they went to central Mexico and established a new civilization there. There are many written and unwritten versions of the story of how America's indigenous people came to be and where they moved to.

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